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In Great Britain, the milkman is returning to your door with glass milk bottles.
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:24
KaBoom is a national non-profit organization dedicated to giving every child the childhood they deserve. Their mission is to “make play easy by int...
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Toronto Chef, Jagger Gordon, came up with the Feed It Forward concept after seeing so much food go to waste in his industry.
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A high school janitor opens her heart and a closet full of neccessities for kids.
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
One man has given away over 60 thousand bicycles to kids and others in need.
- Added: Feb 27, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Added: Nov 02, 2017
- Length: :03
It's not a power ballad by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and it's not a burrito chain. What is it? The question floods me with curiosity.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Oct 08, 2017
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 27, 2014
- Length: :02
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:34
How can we make schools safer without criminalizing youth? How can we confront bias violence? What kinds of restorative practices should we impleme...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 1
Washington D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood has been a historically black, working-class community. Now, as property values in D.C. are climbing, a wa...
Bought by WCSU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 20, 2011
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 3
In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
It's always a pleasure to deliver good news about a conservation effort. Today we salute Chesapeake Bay and the coalition that's cleaning it up.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Aug 20, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
With all the pressure these days to develop desirable land, the wide, open spaces don't stay that way without help.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Aug 20, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
What do you envision when you think of an organic dairy farm? Cows out grazing in a pasture? Or standing on the concrete floor of a feedlot?
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jul 25, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
About two and a half million tons of old computers, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, and other equipment are trashed each year in the United...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jul 25, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
In the summer, an air conditioner can be a necessity. However, cooling down a house can be expensive, but there are ways to reduce the cost.
- Added: Jul 25, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.
- Added: Jul 01, 2008
- Length: 01:32
As eco-friendly furniture makes the transition from small specialty shops to mass market merchandisers, one thing is becoming clear. Green comes in...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up where the rubber meets the road?
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
The Fourth of July is almost here complete with picnics and fireworks. How do you honor the red, white and blue while honoring the environment at t...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
We may be able to get drinking water from treated sewage -- and water shortages could eventually force us to rely on this option.
Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Kermit the Frog always said, "It's not easy being green." But like him, another group of actors has discovered it can be popular. Especially with c...
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
If you're stuck in traffic, here's something you might be interested in knowing. A University of Southern California research group reports that ne...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Camping. Fresh air. Stunning vistas. Mountain streams flashing in the sunlight. And the great outdoors offers all kinds of natural conveniences. L...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32